Gavin Fingleson
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Born: 5 October 1976 Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Gavin Fingleson (born 5 August 1976, in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Australian switch hitting former professional baseball player. Primarily a second baseman, he has also played designated hitter, third base and first base.
Fingelson is Jewish, and was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He and his family moved to Australia when he was 11 years old. He was named the Maccabi World Union Australian Sportsman of the Year three times. He played six years for Ku-Ring-gai Stealers Baseball Club youth teams as a teenager.
Fingleson went to Masada College where he played a lot of baseball Fingleson went into the independent leagues in 1999, where he tied for fifth in the Texas–Louisiana League with a .350 average for the Bayou Bullfrogs. In the 1999–2000 International Baseball League of Australia, Gavin hit .386. Had he qualified, he would have led the IBLA in average; he made the All-Star team as the top designated hitter.
In 2000, Fingleson hit .348 for the Catskill Cougars, placing him fourth in the Eastern Division of the Northern League. The Cougars were loaded with Australians as teammates included Greg Jelks, Adam Burton and Brendan Kingman. In the 2000–01 IBLA, he batted .314 to finish fourth in average and third in hits with 49; only A. J. Zapp, Travis Wilson and Glenn Williams had better batting averages. He struck out in only nine of his 156 at bats, the lowest rate in the circuit. He again made the league All-Star team at designated hitter.
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